What well known scientist is known for saying, "God does not play dice with the universe"?

The well known scientist who is known for saying, "God does not play dice with the universe" is Albert Einstein. Next to understand this quote, one must understand two underlying concepts. First, Einstein has pointed to the fact that quantum mechanical (QM) equations are deterministic even though they look probabilistic. Others say that interpretations of QM that point to the so called 'many worlds' use decoherence and pilot wave to provide deterministic solutions.

Then, there is Viktor T. Toth's answer to the question: Is The Many-Worlds Interpretation of QM deterministic? Does quantum mechanical decoherence really make physics deterministic? Have scientists been interpreting QM wrongly the whole time? Physicist John Stewart Bell's work seemed to rule out local hidden variables. In the end, the conclusion that local hidden variables can't exist relied mainly upon an assumed suggestion and interpretation.

Without any dice, what's happening in the universe could be likened to the ongoing computation of some ginormous fractal. As Max Tegmark suggested the universe could only be a mathematical object, more an algorithmic process than a thing.

But the universe was one thing for Einstein. According to Einstein, man is not separate from the universe. "If you think he is, it is an illusion." It was written that Einstein subscribed to idea that 'all is God'. "Even if the universe has an outside, this too is united to God. Seeing them as two items, creates an illusion."

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Player

It's too early in the morning for quantum mechanics but hey, give it a whirl.

steve

To which, Niels Bohr replied, "Albert, stop telling God what to do!"

Phil Kennelty

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting such a detailed explanation of the nature of the universe to follow that answer.

Andy the educated troglodyte

I didn't understand most of that....it may as well have been written in Serbo-Croat

Andy the educated troglodyte

Ethan Tidwell, like you just didn't

Char

I like the science side

stellaclaude

God is everything and everything is god! That makes more sense to me!

Ethan Tidwell

May I propose that nobody cares whether or not you answered the question correctly, and that you only comment if you actually have something interesting/relevant to say.

kite005

I've always felt this. But the universe was one thing for Einstein. According to Einstein, man is not separate from the universe. "If you think he is, it is an illusion." It was written that Einstein subscribed to idea that 'all is God'. "Even if the universe has an outside, this too is united to God. Seeing them as two items, creates an illusion."

Suzanne Beer

On a roll here

silrem

Some people cite Quantum Mechanics as displaying the randomness of the universe. But in actuality it only seems random. We don't have enough information to correctly predict everything. Thus the answer says QM is really deterministic. Ergo, Einstein and everyone should agree that everything that happens in the Universe is a roll of the dice, but it is still deterministic. We just don't know the force of the throw or how the dice are weighted. I've known logically since childhood that all is determined from what has gone before. Thus time exists simultaneously in life as the end is in the beginning.